2023 - April 2nd - awesome news from TROSA - They now have 8 Bailiffs policing the water !!!! This is Brilliant News !!!

I must say what fantastic news i learned today whilst fishing in Trosa - They are coming down hard on people who do not take a fishing card and also keeping an eye on excessive extraction of fish by anglers and that in some cases its actually working as i witnessed today 👍😄🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣

Awesome specimen angler Stefan Johansson , a true friend to the fish species as he appreciates what he catches , photographs it and releases it , a true environmentalist.

(I have no objection in taking a few fish to eat ) 

 

Setting out from Sodertalje 

Arrived in the centre on opposite side to the Bohmans hotel and watched the anglers to see if they were taking any fish .

This anglers took two fish , one he kept the other he put back , very sensible. 

After the family of three left to me left i decided to set up 

I had a pole rig at 11m and fed 6 balls of GG and dead maggots . Decided to leave that for an hour then proceeded to fish a feeder half way across the river section .

First cast and my feeder tip would not stop moving yet no takers ? There would appear to be thousands of Bream out there but not taking my dead reds ? So i went on 12mm punch bread and filled the feeder with a combination of Brown/white ground bait ........after 10 mins .....i am in ! ..........first ide of the day and it was a decent fight with about 2 kilo. Another 30 minutes then a second fish and in-between i hooked a couple of Bream but they shook the hook (foul-hooked) .

Then the most momentous situation arrived when i heard via Stefan that Bailiffs were perambulating the water side and also fishing themselves but importantly they were asking for anglers fishing card proof !!! This is great and exciting news as finally TROSA can see the value of policing the waters for the benefit of the majority and not for the cheating minority !!

These are just two fine fellows of apparently 8 bailiffs who have been tasked to police these waters !!

Also very important is that anglers adhere to the limits of what they can 'take' . On this morning i did see a few anglers exceed the limit however the presence of these bailiffs slowed down their takes and this was noticed by Stefan and myself as the anglers taking were putting every fish back known that i know they had two plastic bags of fish in their vans , maybe 10-12 fish ? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

The presence of authority quite rightly has them scared and with more signage about CATCH and RELEASE and LIMITS this will certainly make this fishing club more viable for more proper , decent specimen anglers to come and fish these fish-rich waters 

HERO's and LEGEND'S 

My place for the day 

Now for photo opportunity time 

Up the two Ide come 

I was bloody cold so forgive me trying to give a smile 

2 and 1.5 kilo size fish ...........both on 12mm punch 

2023 - March 26th Nykoping river below the bridge

The weather was looking good for this weekend about a week ago then suddenly the weather became very changeable and Sunday became the worst day which Mats and i had planned for . Undaunted by the days cold Mats was first to arrive and by the time i got there he was already fishing but awaited the first indication of a feeding fish .

I arrived and immediately we started to talk of the match possibilities of this venue and prospectively how many anglers we could fit in ? After about 15 minutes i started to get cold so i returned to the car for a hot coffee and added more layers of warmth to my head and body.

I decided to walk the match length and take prospective photos and videos .

Mats waiting for an indication 

Good view of the bank opposite that could be used in a larger match ?

Walked up to the road bridge where the river was really pulling through due to the previous days heavy rain and melting snow .

From the bridge looking opposite where fishing positions are attainable 

From the bridge looking down the boardwalk which could house 12-15 position easily , all comfortable positions .

 

End of that boardwalk and it dog-legs and still available could be 4-5 positions ? 

Looking back to the bridge 

So , today i actually doubted our sanity in coming out on a day in the damp freezing cold however a breath of fresh (cold) air is always good . Most importantly this reconnoiter is valuable information for the match we intend to run here on April 23rd (hopefully not so many boats in the water then ?) We also will run possibly a 2 match weekend on October 22nd/23rd again depending on boats moored up will determine its go ahead .

2023 - March 19th - Trosa ..........any Ide ?

My good friend Stefan Johansson told me of his day at Trosa a few days ago and he managed to take one good Ide of 2460. So with expectancy high i decided a visitation was necessary . However in between that capture the rain was heavy and especially on the Saturday therefore the water was brown and cold , so no takes were possible .

 

Lovely place to park up and set the gear up . Even though no activity it was just great to get out in decent temperatures with the sun threatening to make an appearance . 

2023 - March 12th , Arboga on a scouting mission

 Saturday night 3 of the Metmask team stopped at Lord Jamie Cooley castle in Kopingshire . We were entertained with a fine selection of beers and wines plus a great steak meal ..........I forgave him for beating us 1-3 (on tv)  (Leicester 1 Chelsea 3)

Criminals! .......... be careful of these characters people - They are Metmask Mafia .

This picture is on a visit to a small river full of dog roach and good chub , Jamie's secretive water ???

Back to Arboga and we have a plan !?

If the flow is not too strong then we could place 6-8 pegs above where we normally fish ?

Lord Cooley of Kopingshire directing the pegging placement 

Beware of these dodgy looking characters ............ Mafia

Arboga 'Massive' 

Sat down , talked about getting the pegs sorted in readiness for the Arboga spectacular .

Jamie will give you more information about the amount of pegs we can fit in and if all goes well we can get 32 in without using the very bottom street like last year . All bodes well , watch this space .

2023 - Trosa , Sunday 12th February

Trosa in its glory above the newly constructed weir was again my visit to see if i could catch , basically anything ? Previous week had been rather cold with minus temperatures however the day looked reasonable for wetting a line.

Looking further upstream (where you are not allowed to fish) up from the photographic video placement opposite.

 

Here we have the station where it is hoped to view a lot of trout migrating up river to do their family business . However in the last 3 weeks no Trout has ventured through the recording station . I believe only 8 have been videoed since the operation of the recording unit . There is still time for more to arrive , it is hoped and with them will follow Bream and Perch and Ide taking freebie eggs , lets see !

I carried on into the town to the usual place opposite the Bohman Hotel and set up a 13ft rod with stick float and also my trusty drop shot rod . The rest of my kit was in the car but i would only set up pole and box if i thought there maybe some silvers in the water .

Coffee time !

After two hours of drop shooting and stick float fishing without any sign of action i decided to move upstream and on my walking travels i cam across bridge discarded on the boards by the usual morons 

Careless deposits from scum !

Lunch time and Broccoli and Leek soup with Danish brown bread is a winner !

Well a un-eventful day but still good to get out for some fresh cold air . I saw many anglers try their luck today and did not see a fish caught so that recent really cold snap must have put them down , badly . Always a next time .

2023 - Return to Trosa for a go - will there be anything there on the feed ?

I decided to visit Trosa as its local to me but also i can keep an eye on angling standards as i intend to make sure the fish are not abused like i saw over the last couple of years . I would dearly love to be a bailiff there but unfortunately you have to be a Swedish citizen and i have 2 years to go before i am able to perform potentially that task.  ( its normally 4 years before you are allowed to apply for that citizenship)

Anyway , i arrived at the Trosa weir / fish passage and the frost was over the ground and it was showing minus 3 (-3) . I made a couple of videos then progressed further into the town and parked up opposite the Bohmans  the now regular haunt for me . On arrival i saw a couple of fish rise , umm i thought i wonder if they will feed on the pole line ? Already there was a few anglers drop-shooting and started to catch , mostly Perch so i decided to set up my GUNKI rod and complete the same discipline using various colours of soft lures.

I decided not to fish the pole as my thoughts were similar to last year when many fish were taken by lures and there was no interest for maggot . I therefore assembled the drop shot rod and started to join in the fun with the rest of the anglers on the bank . 

It took 30 minutes before i got the right balance of weight to hook and settled on a orange/red plastic fish lure . I took two Perch on successive casts then retired to the car for a well earned coffee and sandwich , a 'Macka' as they call it over here . 

Suitably refreshed and warmed up for a second cup of coffee i carried on and caught some more

The last three Perch of the day were or larger and i netted them 

It has been wonderful to get out and get some cold fresh air and to take Perch on the DS which is exciting as they really do it the lure hard . 

Over the coming weeks and months i shall fish Trosa more and hopefully get into the Ide when they start to show and later into April/May when all the species arrive in large shoals then its fun backing time on the whip.

2023 - Trosa 1st January - First day of the fishing season

After a previous days visit to Trosa to view the new 'Trout/Otter' project i decided to arrive on New Years Day for the traditional start of the Fishing season. The recent change in ending all possibility of fishing after September 14th till December 31st was for me all about the 'TROUT' , yes that fish species so regarded as more important than any other fish in the river . However that closed part of the season has its advantages as the scum-anglers are not around to take everything that swims . 

My visit coincides with a previous visit some 2 years ago on the 4th January when myself and Jimmy Kungsman fished and we are rewarded with some great weights of Bream , skimmer , Bjorkna and Roach. Its hoped that repeats itself however viewing the coloured brown water presumably from melting snow i dont hold out much luck but i will give it a go .

I set up on opposite side to the Bohmans hotel . Easy kit out of the car and nice and flat to sit on ......all i need now is fish !

You can see there is some strengthening work to the bank going on on far side 

Ice to my left and an area that is normally more preferral to fish from 

Small feeder out at 2/3 across - fingers crossed ?

Top 7 pole out after two cupped balls of leam/dead joker 

So after three hours i decided to go home as clearly there was no fish in the system and all other anglers were also failing to catch . I shall try over the coming weekends , weather allowing .